Hello every one, this is a story of a Dog named Snowy, which I knew from the day it was born (1995) when I was in my 7th standard and my sweet little sister was in 4th standard, this dog was a Pomeranian cross breed, cute little puppy.
This was one among the family of puppies at my uncle’s place, we liked him and his activeness, in fact it was most active puppy in that family, and so we decided to adopt him. It was really so very small that I put it in a small basket and took it to our home at Marthalli outskirts. Unlike in US the pet animals are not allowed in public transports in India and hence we had to hide in a small basket with a thin cloth on it ;) even I was very young so never knew whats right and whats not ;) and when the ticket collector notice that the puppy was moving around in that basket he told its not allowed to bring dogs in bus, I told him uncle it’s really a cute puppy I want to take him to my place and I told him I will pay a ticket for him too and paid 25 Ps (which is ¼th of a Rupee) looking at me and my sister that guy allowed us to take the puppy :).
This is how the journey of Snowy started :) it was a very naughty and active dog never use to sit at one place use to run on to road and play with everything it finds, hmmm his activeness was so high that once he ran on to the road and got hit by a TVS (a small 2 wheeler vehicle), that was the one of the saddest day for me and my sister we both took that puppy and came running, it was injured and was screaming with pain :( even thou we had no idea whether it will survive or not as it was very young to survive a hit :( there was no visible bleeding on but still we could feel the pain it was experiencing by the way it was screaming, we just laid it on a soft cushion and put a wet cloth on its neck where it got hit. After a while it slept we really got scared that it was going to die, but we had no idea that dogs really recover very soon when they are young :) luckily the next day when we saw that fellow he was a bit better he was already trying to walk with a little difficulty but was 100000 better than losing him right then within few days he was normal and again back to its active life.When it was around 2-3 months old, one day a flock of sheep were going in front of our gate and Snowy suddenly started barking and scaring those sheep’s this fellow was not even 10% their physical personality and still managed to get them running :P but all of a sudden a RAM (male sheep) which was the head of the flock turn around and started to kind of attack :P that’s it all of a sudden Snowy came running back (making silly noise’s of getting scared :P ) in to the gate and once it’s safe it again started barking at those sheep’s. It was really funny to see the way dog do the things and not only this Snowy was an excellent Rat and Lizards killer, it was also a excellent snake sensor :) and we use to like the way it use to play with cockroaches and rodents :P I somehow personally feel more than it was daring it was scared to, but when anything come to attack any of our family member he was the first one to Guard us :)
Everyone in the surrounding were scared to even think of coming to our house without we safeguarding them against our Tiger (:P) Snowy. Yes Tiger was the title given to it by our neighbors :P
Hmm not only that it had good habits it had bad habits too, it use to byte of the slippers and shoes which are kept outside and that was the time when it was around an year’s age it was so naughty that it use to hide the slippers and shoes at various locations that we had tough time searching for those :P hmm I still don’t know what changed it but after few days it stopped doing all such stuff :) may be my Mom thought his a lesson ;)
It was always allowed to be in home until and unless it messes up something, it was a very intelligent dog which could request for its food on time and also request us to take it outside for a walk on time, it was so powerful that everyone in my family were scared to take that fellow out because it was Bully like me :P, but we both use to get together very well, it was a really awesome time when I use to play with it every evening I was back from school and even when I was in college I use to do the same, and it was a regular habit to it that as soon as any one reach home from office or school it use to wish them by bending its legs, kneeling down and waging its tail :) it use to identify us by our footsteps and vehicle sounds :P
The way it use to welcome us with a different kind of voice and kneeling down is the First thing I will miss now :( when I go home this time and My sister will miss the way it use to round around here when she reaches home :( hopefully we won’t cry when we go home this time missing that cute doggy and its welcome greetings.
It was literally like a kid to my Mom and Dad ( He use to tell us that its really acts like his Grand mother :P ) I am sure they will be missing it more than we miss him :) It had fallen sick at least twice once when I was in PU and other time when I had my 5th sem exams, but luckily with God’s grace it use recover very soon with soon and was there with us till April 13th :) maybe it was too old now 14 years a good span for a dog that what everyone say, but I wish it could have lived a year more so that I could have been there to take care of its interment, may be Snowy knew that we cannot handle its death that’s the reason why it has picked a time when we both (me and my sister) aren’t at home for its peaceful death.
What ever it is Snowy was part of our family and will be in our hearts for ever :) I am sure I may never again get a dog with all the qualities as snowy and its was so attached to us with in 14 years :)
Love you Snowy, we all Miss you a lot :) RIP.
